London Labour activists charged amid alleged vote rigging claims

Joel Bodmer, 40, who stood for selection as Labour's candidate for the Croydon East constituency, has been charged with perverting the court of justice in relation to allegedly altering phone records.

Bodmer and three others - Shila Bodmer, 41, former Southend councillor Gabriel Leroy, 24, and former Croydon councillor Carole Bonner, 69 - have been charged with conspiracy to commit an offence under the Criminal Law Act and the Computer Misuse Act.